Pub Church

Over Easter, Toowoomba's St James anglican church held a church service in a pub. I think this is a great idea - the only sadness being that it is so rare that it rates a mention in the news.


After 25 years in the ministry (and presumably about 1200 'inside-church' sermons) Gary Harch has seen the light, and is leading this venture into the pub. Realising that attending a physical church is a barrier for people, "we will come to you" he says. "This is a way for people to participate if mainstream church is not their thing."

I personally hope this sort of thing becomes much more regular - to the point where it is no longer considered a novelty item for the news. I look forward to a time when this kind of thing is not done as a one-off publicity exercise for an upcoming event, but when christians have broken down some narrow mindsets of what it means to follow Jesus, and are out-and-about engaging people with the good news of the gospel.